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1. When It’s Cold (I’d Like To Die) by NotesFromTheChamber

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   30 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • some kind of character study
   • Aftermath of trauma
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • canon divergence after S4 Vol 1
   • Mentions of homophobia
   • all main gang are around but this is a ronance
   • they’ll have their happy ending because I’m weak
   • Let’s bond over these guys coping with PTSD
   • reference to abuse
   • references to self harm
   • depictions of self harm
   • Suicidal Themes
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • El & Max
   • Hawkins is fine

   Summary

   She watched Mike as he finally levelled with her, both elbows on the table. There was no point in trying to distract him any further. She’d been increasingly all over the place in trying to hide how the aftermath was treating her over the last few weeks and in that moment she sensed the jig was finally up.

   “Nance, I’m kind of worried about you.”

   Or

   Trauma’s a bitch and we all need a blanket

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